Prefabricated garment construction



June 30, 1959 B. PUNDYK ET AL PREFABRICATED GARMET CONSTRUCTION FiledJan.

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ernan/ ,Dandy/f Freo Meer UnitedStates Patent O r2,892,196 PREFABRICATEDGARMNT CONSTRUCTION Bernard Pundyk, Sunnyside, Fred Meer, New York, N.Y.

Application January 11, 1956, serai No. 559,700 1 Claim. (ei. dans) Thisinvention relates to new and useful improvements` and structuralrefinements in garment construction, and in particular the inventionconcerns itself with the construction of garments from prefabricatedcomponents.

In the practice ofy so-called home sewing`, the housewife has beenconfronted with the necessity of rst purchasing a paper pattern, pinningsections of the pattern to the material from which the garment was to bemade, cutting out pieces of the material in accordance with the patternsectionspinn'ed thereto, basting the cut out material pieces and finallysewing the same together into a complete garment. This procedure was notonly time consuming, but it was also quite diiiicult, particularly for anovice. As a result, many housewives were inclined to purchase aready-made garment in preference to spending time, elort and money intrying to make one themselves. Moreover, even those who attempted to dotheir own work often found that their product was illfitting orotherwise lacking the characteristics of the ready-made variety.

The present invention eliminates the forgoing disadvantages first byaltogether dispensing with the conventional paper pattern and providingpre-shaped or pre-cut sections of material ready for assembly, andsecond, by marking the pre-shaped garment sections with seam indicatinglines and other orienting indicia, whereby they may be quickly, easilyand accurately assembled even by persons of very limited skill.

As such, the invention also contemplates furnishing all the neededcomponents such as the pre-shaped garment sections, thread, buttons,etc., for a single garment in an individual package, appropriatelymarked with the size, color and nature of the garment, so that the samemay be quickly and easily selected and purchased by the prospective userwith the knowledge that all the required material for the project is athand.

With the foregoing more important objects and features in View, and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specicationproceeds, the invention resides in the arrangement of parts and detailsof construction substantially as shown in the accompanying drawing,wherein like characters of reference are employed to designate likeparts and wherein -for illustrative purposes:

Figure 1 is a group plan view showing a plurality of individual,pre-shaped garment sections marked with seam indicating lines and otherindicia for sewing the same together;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective View illustrating a clip used fortemporarily holding together a pair of superposed garment sections;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view showing a plurality of garmentsections embodied in a unitary sheet of material having lines ofperforations for separating the sections therefrom by tearing; and

Figure `4 is a fragmentary perspective view, on an enlarged scale, orthe sheet of material shown in Figure 3.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail,

'2,892,196 Patented June 30, 1959 ice particularly to Figiii'e ,1thereof, the reference characters A, B, C, D and E designate a pluralityof individual garment sections or pieces of material from which thegarment is vto be made, these sections being pre-cut or pre-shaped inaccordance with the size and shape of the respective portions of thegarment which they constitute. For purposes of simplicity ofillustration, the sections A, B, etc. have been shaped arbitrarilyfitbeing understood, of course, that the teachings of the invention maybeapplied to the construction of garments of various different types.

As illustrated in the drawing, the garment sections D, C, B and E havemarginal edges 10, 11, 1'2 and 13, re spect'iiely', which are to bejoinedto matching edges 10a, 11a, 212i: and ISaof the section A. Thesections B and C also have matching edges 14, 14a which are to be joinedtogether.

In order to properly identify 'these various edges and to indicate tothe seamstress how they are to be joined, the Various sections A, B,etc. are marked with seam indicating lines 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, whichlines are disposedadjacent and ysubstantiallyparallel to the edges to bejoined and are substantially coextensive with the length of sei'ns forjoining the same. Moreover, in order to properly distinguish the edgesin each pair to be joined from other edges of the U'armentsections, theseam indieating linesfo'r each pair of matching edges are marked withmatching indicia,s`uch as for example, Vthe squares 20 for the matchinglines 15, the triangles 21 for the lines 1,6, the circlesi2l2 for 'thelines 1p7, the diamonds 2,3 for tlieline's 1S and the X 'narks 24 forthe 'lines 1 9. In addition, ,the lines and the iiidicantheron for eachpair ofiiiatchiiigedges may be of am different color from the lines andVindieia of other pairs of matching edges, it being apparent from theforegoing that in this manner the seamstress may readily identify theedges of the sections which are to be joined.

It is also contemplated that the section markings A, B, etc., providedon the sections themselves in a systematic order, whereby to indicate,by their alphabetical (or numeral) progression the sequence in which thesections are to be assembled. Such markings, as well as the seamindicating lines and indicia, are intended to be made with so-calledfugitive colors, well known in the art, so that they automaticallydisappear after they have served their purpose.

Apart rfrom their primary purpose of identifying the matching edges ofthe garment sections, the seam lines 15, 16, 17, etc., also serve toindicate to the seamstress the actual location of the seam to be sewn aswell as its approximate length. The seam indicating lines and indiciaare marked on the reverse side of the material and when the garmentsections are to be joined, they are placed back to back as shown inFigure 2 and the seam is simply sewed along the seam line visible on topwhen the superposed sections are placed in a sewing machine.

In order to assure that the seam indicating lines of the superposedgarment sections are in proper alignment, the garment sections areprovided adjacent the ends of the seam lines with punched sightapertures 25 surrounded by colored markings 26 for easy visibility.Thus, when the sections are placed back to back, the seam lines may bereadily aligned by simply aligning the sight apertures, as will beclearly apparent.

It is to be also noted that the seam indicating lines and consequently,the iinished seams, are accurately located with respect one to anotherrather than with respect to marginal edges of the garment sections. Inthis manner, assurance is had that the assembled garment is of theproper size and tit, which necessarily is not the case in conventionalpractice where the seamstress attempts to merely follow the edge of thematerial at constant spacing 3 and any variations therefrom usuallyproduce accumulative errors and resultant ill-iitting.

In the event it is desired to temporarily hold marginal edges of twosections together, as is done by conventional basting, the inventioncontemplates the use of substantially U-shaped clips 27 of resilientmaterial, which may be simply slipped over the superposed or juxtaposedmarginal edge portions of the sections, as is illustrated in Figure 2.The clips 27 iirmly hold the sections together, yet may be easilyremoved when so desired, and the use of troublesome pins for bastingpurposes is eliminated.

As already stated, the sections A, B, C, etc., may be pre-shaped andpreecut into the form of individual pieces ready for assembly. On theother hand, if so desired, such pieces may be embodied in a unitarysheet or piece of material 28 as shown in Figures 3 and 4. In suchevent, the sections illustrated as K, L, M, N, etc., are laid out on thesheet 28 and the sheet is provided with lines of perforations 29 whichcoincide with the marginal edges of the respective sections. Thesections may be easily separated from the sheet by simply tearing thesame along the perforated lines. The seam indicating lines 15, 16, etc.and the indicia 20, 21, etc. are marked on the sections K, L, M, etc.,as already explained.

The various garment sections, clips 27, thread, buttons, and all othermaterial required for the assembly of a particular garment may becontained in a single package, appropriately marked with the style, sizeand color of the garment, for purposes of convenience. Also, in theevent that the garment is of a complex form, the sections within thepackage may be separated into sub-assemblies intended for individualconstruction prior to their nal assembly into the complete garment.

It will thus be seen that we have provided means for convenient, simpleand accurate garment construction from pre-shaped garment sections withself-orientng means for assembling the same, such as may be satisfacl 4torily undertaken even by persons with little or no previous sewingexperience.

While in the foregoing these has been described and shown the preferredembodiment of the invention, various modications may become apparent tothose skilled in the art to which the invention relates. Accordingly, itis not desired to limit the invention to this disclosure and variousmodications may be resorted to, such as may lie within the spirit andscope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is:

In prefabricated garment construction, the combination of a plurality ofpre-shaped garment sections having pairs of matching edges adapted to bestitched together, seam indicating lines marked on said sectionsadjacent and substantially parallel to said edges, said lines beingsubstantially coextensive with seams to be sewn therethrough for joiningsaid sections together, matching indicia marked at the seam indicatinglines of the matching edges in each pair for distinguishing the samefrom other seam indicating lines, said sections being provided adjacentthe ends of said seam indicating lines with sight apertures for locatingone seam indicating line upon another when said sections are superposed,and colored markings provided on said sections surrounding saidapertures whereby to render the same easily visible.

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